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G. R. IVICAIQLASTER. Brin.A APPLICATION vFILED IULY27. 1918.

1,429,'1 50. Patented Sept 12, 1922,

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G. R. MCALLA'STER.

BED.

- APPLICATION FILED MIU/21,1918.

PatentedSept. l2

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BED.

APPLICATION HLED 1uLY27, 191s.

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Patented Sept. 12, 1922.

UNER S A` GEORGE R. MGALLASTER, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

BED.

Application vfiled July 27, 1918. Serial No. 247,058. l i

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, Grenen R. MoALLAs TER, a'citizen of the United States, and resident of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Beds, of which the following is a specification.

rllhe present invention relates to .beds and this application contains matter divided from an application filed by me on April 5, i918, Serial No. 226,949. An object of the 'inventionis toprovide in connection with a folding bed a screen which is mounted upon the bed frame and which, when the bed is in folded condition, will effectively enclosevthe bed so that its character will not rbe recognized, while, whenl the bed is in Fig. 3 is a similar section showing the` bed in position for use;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary side view of the bed in position for use; y p

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the bed when in condition for use; t

Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional `view of another embodiment of the bed in folded condition;

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary sectional View of the embodiment shown in Fig. 6, showing the bed in position for use;

Fig. 8 is a front view of the embodiment shown in Figs. 6 and 7, in folded condition;

F ig. 9 is a view vin yelevation of another embodiment of the bed in folded condition; and Fig. l0 shows in detail one pair of hinges connecting two cooperating screen members.

In the illustrated embodiments of the in-` vention, the bed frame' is supported upon a' standard which, in this instance, comprises a base frame consisting of two angle iron pieces '1, arranged in parallel relation and connected by a cross piece 2. ARising from the bed frame are two uprights suitably `connected together and having the angle `is secured.

` anais@ iron side pieces 4 of the bed rframe pivoted thereto at 5, the upper ends of the uprights 3 being enlarged so that the pivots 5 are to one side of the verticallongitudinal axes ofv the uprights whereby,'when the bed frame is thrown upwardly its lower endmay swing `beneath the pivots l5, so that the upperend of the bed frame will lie beyond the vertical axes of the uprights in orderl that the bed' frame will be supported in an upright position Without any danger'of accidentallyreturning to its lowermost position. v The side frames of the bed frame are connected at their ends most remote from the standard by across piece 6in `the form `o f an;

angle iron, while the ends of the'sde pieces nearer the standar-d are connected bya spacy ingcrosspiece 7' on which'an angle iron 8 A wire 'fabric 9 connects the angle pieces 6 and 8 and serveslto support the mattress 10. rlhis arrangement causes the mattress to lie at the slight angle tothe A' sidepieces 4 of the bed frame and, in order that the mattress may lie' horizontally when the bed is in position foru'se,`there are pro-A vided foldable supporting legs lllof sucht lengths that the side bars or pieces .4 of the bed frame, when the bed is inits lowermost position, willwlie at a slight angle to the horilzontal. The construction of the legs is the same as that describedfin my aforesaid application #226,949 and will not 4beherein describ,ed. i t y To Asupport the mattress upon the bed frame when the latter is swung to an upright position, ycables i2 are provided "whichjfexv f tend along the longitudinal sides of the inattress and connect at one end to a cross bar 13 which lies in engagement-with one `end of the mattress. The other ends of the cables n' are secured to 'eyes 14 att-he swinging end ofthe bedfraine. Between their ends the cablesmay be passed through eyes or loops l5 on the sidesV of the mattress. When the mattress is secured inthe manner set forth' it will 'be sustained in cooperative relation with the fabric- 9 upon the rising of the bed to .an upright position, and at the same time the sides ofthe mattress are free from the bled frame order to pern'iit'theV bedvr clothes to be linserted between the mattress and the wire' fabric. Y u,

Any suitable means may be employed for screening the under Vside of the bed frame when the latter is in an upright position.` In the embodiment shown `in Figs.' l to 5 the uprights 3 of the standard.

two screen sections 17 are employed, in this instance, connected t0 the sides et of the bed frame by hinges 18 and 19. These hinges are so fo-rmed that the axes about -which the screen sections 17 turn are at slight angles to the side bars l of the bed frame, in order that, when the bed frame is thrown to an upright position and lies at a slight angle to the vertical axes about which the screen members 17 turn, the axes will be substantially vertical. The swinging edges of the screen sections 17 are adapted to be swung in juxtaposition, as shown in Fig. 2, in order to cover the. bottom of the bed frame when the bed frame is upright, and in this position their lower ends cover and hide the upper portions of the uprights of the support or standard, The space between the screen members and the bed frame may serve for holding the pillows, or garments, and the folding legs 11 are received within this space. Then the bed is in its lower-most position, or the position for use, the screen members are swung' on their hinges 1S and 19 to the position shown in Fig. 3, the lower ends of the screen members adjacent their swinging edges being cut away, in order to facilitate the swinging of the bed frame on its pivots 5.

Ther sides of the bed are preferably screened by screen sections 20 and 21 ar` ranged on opposite sides of the bed. These sections are preferably connected to the sections 17 by hinges 22 which have three leaves and are arranged in opposite pairs to permit the sections 2() and 21 to be swung in either direction and also to be folded into parallel relation with the sections 17, as shown in Fig. 3, so that the bed frame may be swung toward and from an upright position. The lower swinging corners of the screen sections 2O and 21 are preferably cut away as at 23 to facilitate this swinging of the bed frame. It is apparent that the axes of the screen sections 20 and 21 are at slight angles to the side pieces 4i of the bed frame in order that the screen sections will lievin vertical positions when the bed is swung to an upright position at av slight angle to the vert-ical.

In the embodiment of the those shown in Figs. 1 to 5, except that the sections 17a are shorter than the sect-ions 20 and 21, and the space below the sections 17a is closed by a section 24 which is secured to With this arrangement no portion of the bed frame is visible, as is the case with the embodiment shown in Figs. 1 to 5, due to the cutting away of the swinging corners of the sections 17.

ln the embodiment shown in Figs. 6, 7 and 8, the parts are the same, except that the bed frame and mattress are wider and invention `shown 1n Fig. 9, the parts are the same as one of the sections 17, instead of having a section 21 hinged directly thereto has a strip 25 hinged to it at 27 by three-leaf hinges arranged in pairs to permit the strip to swing in either direction and to this strip 25 a side panel or section 21 is connected by three leaf hinges 28 arranged in pairs so as to permit the side piece 21 to fold in parallel relation to the section 17 in the manner shown in Fig. 7. Another difference in this embodiment over that shown in Figs. 1 to 5, is the provision of an additional or intermediate section 29 between the sections 17. This intermediate section is connected with one of the sections 17 by three leaf hinges 'arranged in pairs, and has both of its lower corners cut away at B1. Only one of these cut-away corners has a function, the other being provided merely for ornamental purposes. rJlfhe section 29 is adapted to fold on to the section 17 to which it is hinged, so that one of the cut-away corners 31 will lie over the cut-away corner 32 of said section 17 to facilitate the swingingl of the bed frame on its pivot 5 when the screen sections are folded into parallel relation, as shown in ln all embodiments of the invention, when the bed is in position for use, the screen members or sections lie in parallel relation at the sides of the bed below the bed frame, thus not interferring with the use of the bed. Then it is desired to fold the bed, the bed is swung upwardly on its pivots 5 until its upper end passes beyond the vertical plane of the pivots 5 in which position the bed will be held by its own weight. The screen members are then manipulated so as to throw the side sections 21 to position to cover the side edges of the bed, while the sections 17 for covering the bottom of the hed are then swung into alignment, thus further locking the bed frame in an upright position. Notwithstanding the fact that the side bars of the bed are not vertically arranged,r the axes of the screen sections are so arranged, due to the angular relation between said axes and the side pieces of the bed frame, that free swinging movements of the screen sections are secured. The form of screen herein shown makes unnecessary the provision of a cabinet in which the bed frame is enclosed, and at the same time an article of furniture is provided which is inconspicuous and also inexpensive to manufacture.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is c 1. In a bed, a support, a bed frame hinged to the support to swing to an upright posiv tion, and two screen members hinged to opposite sides of the frame to assume positions below the mattress when the bed is in the position of use and positions to cover the side edges of the mattress when the bed is in an upright positiomthe lower corners of the screen members lbeing cut away to permit the swinging of the bed :trame on its support.`

2. In a bed, a support, a bed frame hinged to the support to swing to an upright position, supporting means for the foot end of the frame foldably connected to the latter, two screen members hinged to opposite sides'Y of the frame to assume pendent positions on opposite sides of the support and the foldable supporting means when the bed is in the position of use and to cover the under side of the bed when the latter is in an upright position, the lower corners of the screen members being cut away to permit the swinging of the bed iframe on lthe support, and means iiexibly connected to the screen members for covering the sides of the bed when the latter is in an upright position.

3. In a bed, a support, a bed frame hinged to the support to swing to an upright position, supporting means for the foot end of the frame oldably connected to the latter, and two pairs of screen members hinged to opposite sides of the bed iframe, both members of each pair being arranged to assume pendent and parallel positions on opposite sides of the support and foldable supporting means when the bed frame is in position for use, and one member of each pair being arranged so as to cover a side edge of the mattress while the other member of each pair is arranged to cover partially the bottom of the bed frame when the bed Jframe is upright.

4. In a bed, a support, a frame pivoted to said support to swing to an upright position, a mattress, means yfor supporting the mattress on the frame when the latter is swung to an upright position on the support, comprising cables extending along the sides of the mattress and secured thereto and to the end of the frame Vwhich is uppermost when the latter is swung upwardly, and a stifi'ening strip arranged at the lower end of the mattress and having the cables engaging therewith.

' 5. In a bed, a support, a bed frame hinged to the support to swing to an upright position slightly beyond the Vertical position, and two screen members hinged at opposite sides of the bed frame about axes at such angles to the sides of the bed frame that said axes will be Vertical when the bed frame.

is upright and the screen member can assume position below the bed frame when the bed is in position of use, and positions to cover the sides of the bed frame when the bed is in an upright position. v

6. In a bed, a support, a bed frame hinged to the support to swing to an upright position beyond the Vertical, and screen members for covering the bottom of the bedl frame lhinged to the bed rame'aboutl airesl i at slight angles to the sides of the bed `frame so that said axes will be Vertical when the' bed frame is upright.

7; Ina bed, a support, a bed frame hinged to the support to swing to an upright position slightly beyond the vertical, and a'matl tress supporting fabric supported on` said bed frame at such an angle to thev longitudinal axes of the side pieces ofthe bed frame that the mattress will rest against the fabric when the bed frame isswung upright.

8. 'Ihe combination in a bed, with a support and a bed frame comprising side pieces, cross pieces connecting the side pieces at opposite ends of the latter, the cross piece at the head end of the bed being spaced from the side pieces at a greater distance vthan the one at the foot end lof the bed, and

a mattress supporting fabric connecting said cross pieces, of means 'for pivotally sup-7 porting the bed 'frame on the support to permit said 'frame to swing' to an upright position with its sides slightly beyond the vertical, and foldable supportingmeans for the foot end of the bed frame arranged tol 4hold vthe side pieces at a slight angle 'to vthe horizontal when the bed frame is lowered, i

the mattress supporting 'fabric being at such an angle to the side pieces asr to occupy a horizontal position wheny the bed frame is lowered and a substantially vertical position when the bed frame is upright.

9. In a bed, a support, a bed frame hinged to the support to swing to an upright posi-v tion, two screen members Vhinged at oppohinged to the support to swing .to an upright f position, two screen members Vhinged to opposite sides of the frame to assumel pendent positions when the bed is in position for use, a third screen member hinged to the swinging edge of one of the aforesaid screen mem'- bers, a strip hingedto the swinging edge of said screen member to which the third screen member is hinged, and still another screen member hinged to the strip to i a side of the bed frame.

1l. In a bed, the combination. with a support, anda bedframe pivoted to the support and embodying two side pieces, cross Ibars connecting the' side pieces and a fabric connecting the cross bars and lying to one side of the side pieces; of screen members pivotally mounted on the side vpieces vbelow cover the fabric and arranged to hang in a pendent Condition when the bed is in position for use and to cover tlie bottom of the bed when the bed frame is swungto an upright position, the lfzibrie and soi-eens lying' parallel when the bed is lowered and at fin angle relatively to the side pieces. d

l2. In n bed, the Combination with a support and :1. bed rzunepivoially mounted ou the support and embodying vtwo side pieces, cross pieces connecting the side pieees :uid a. fabric connecting the Cross pieces, of supportingmeans `foldably connected to the foot end of the bed frame, two hinged side screen members supported from the side pieces below the fabric to depend on opposite sides of the support und the foldalole supporting; ineens when the bed frame is lowered, and bottom screen. members*supn ported from the side pieces to depend ou i opposite sides ol the support and the foldal'ile supporting ineens when the bed frame 1S lowered.

GERGE R. MoALLf STER. 

